{"id":542,"date":"2025-05-12T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=542"},"modified":"2025-06-05T19:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:08:50","slug":"recap-airgas-reps-demonstration-on-the-effects-of-different-shielding-gases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2025\/05\/12\/recap-airgas-reps-demonstration-on-the-effects-of-different-shielding-gases\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Airgas reps demonstration on the effects of different shielding gases."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"542\" class=\"elementor elementor-542\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1c914f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1c914f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6f560b\" data-id=\"d6f560b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40c41d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e40c41d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 05\/12\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Lehigh Career &amp; Technical Institute, Schnecksville PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 60 through the course of the day.<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Frank Rupp, Airgas technical associate<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Frank and Bernie of Airgas offered to come into LCTI to speak with the students on career paths as well as the effects of different shielding gases and available transfer modes for the GMAW process. After the students welded a t-joint with one side using 75\/25 and the other side using a 92\/8 blend, the t-joint was cut and Frank and Bernie acid etched the specimens for the students to keep. The etching provided students with a visual of the depth of fusion\/penetration that the two different gas blends provided.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e929734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e929734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0109-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0109\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU0NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjVcLzA1XC9JTUdfMDEwOS1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0109-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-547\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0109-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0109-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Part of the PM session of the LCTI students who participated in the days event.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742f296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"742f296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0104-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0104\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU1MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjVcLzA1XC9JTUdfMDEwNC1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0104-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-551\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0104-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0104-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The cut and etched sections from one session.  Students enjoyed the knowledge and experience that Frank and Bernie provided.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918cd83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"918cd83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0102-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0102\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU1NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjVcLzA1XC9JTUdfMDEwMi0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0102-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0102-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0102-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Frank Rupp (Airgas Rep) preparing the students specimens for etching.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b8397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99b8397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0101-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_0101 (1)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU2MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjVcLzA1XC9JTUdfMDEwMS0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0101-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-561\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0101-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/IMG_0101-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A small batch of student samples.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Event: 05\/12\/2025 Location:\u00a0Lehigh Career &amp; Technical Institute, Schnecksville PA Number of Attendees: 60 through the course of the day. 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